The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-08-11

free on that day. Secretary Smart Will
furnish tickets in advance.
THE steamer Vernon has taken the
place Of the burned steamer Champlain,
but as she draws too much water for some
of the smaller ports it is doubtful wheth-
er she viii be continued on the route
THE fine new steam barge being built
for the Richards brothers will be launch
ed on Saturday next. The barge will be
named Edwin 8. Tice, compliment to
| the superintendent OF the coal docks
| here.
THE sheriff of Outagamie county is in
receipt of letter from McGarigle an
! nouncing the safe arrival of the latter in
| Canada. McGarigle evidently wants to
have it distinctly understood that he
made his escape.
| THE schooner Marsh, now SO celebrat-
| ed because Of its connection with the es-
| cape of McGarigle, will be here with a
| cargo of coal in few days. Next to the
| Blake, there is no other schooner in the
| country as famous now.
THE supreme court has selected the
last Tuesdays in August and December
as the time for examinations to be held
in Milwaukee for admission to the bar,
| and the last Tuesday in April as the time
| for the examination at Madison.
THE Kaukauna Sun says the people of
| Kewaunee county will build railroad of
| their own should the Midland fail to give
them a branch. They would have to
build the road themselves even though
| the Midland fathered the enterprise.
WILL NASH is the only editor in the
county who can look distinguished when
he fixes up" He has just a graceful
degree of embonpoint (whatever that
may mean) and bears a strong resem-
blance to the brilliant Matt Carpenter.
THE rain of Tuesday night was general
throughout the state and was doubly
welcome to the people of those sections
where fires were prevailing. In Mlwau-
having a velocity of about mile minute.
JOSEPH CoMsTocK, who lately came
from New York, has built row boat
which is by all odds the best thing of the
kind in the city. 1t is a beautiful model
and while having quite carrying capa-
city can be propelled with great rapidity
A TEST case involving the constitution
atty of the fish law will be taken to the
supreme court from Oshkosh. Two fish
ermen have been arrested for violation of
the law and the matter is to be fought
out to final adjudication by the SUI
preme court.
THE following are the advertisers in
the county fair pamphlet this year; L.
G. Shove Banking Co, Schuette Bros,
0. Torrison & Co., Barnes, Wsndlik &
Mulholland, Rand & Roemer, Smalley
Manufacturing Co., Seeger Bros, G. Lieb-
now & Son, and F. G. Buerstatte.
J. S. Villas of Kaukauna came to con-
clude the editor of this paper was in a
! bad way for religion and with true mis-
sionary spirit presented him a splendidly
bound volume on religious topics. When
the teachings of the book are fully alb
sorbed an effort will be made to convert
| 10.
HERscH SMALLEY lately returned from
a trip through Minnesota. Hersch never
prided himself particularly on the trans
parency OF his complexion, and the warmth
of the Minnesota sun has made the COM
plexion so Opaque that there is not much
danger of Hersch's departing from his
usual silence.
| OTTo SCHMIDT, son of Judge Schmidt,
has become business manager and local
editor of The Northwestern while his faith
er has been county judge. He is very
gentlemanly young man and far better
looking than the old 'un. Otto will be a
general favorite when he fully gets the
run of things"
A YOUNG lady of the town of Manito-
voc within the last year visited the farm
of Hiram Smith of Sheboygan and stay
ed there until she learned the best means
of making creamery butter. Her father,
with whom she now lives finds no diff
Guilty in selling his butter to private par
ties at figure considerably in advance
of market prices.
FIRES have again started in Northern
Michigan and in the timber land in the
interior of the state. Spencer, which was
burned down just about one year ago is
again threatened and the people have
abandoned work to fight the fire. In
Minnesota the prairie fires are burning
up the soil. In one section 400 acres OF
ground have been burned.
The new steam barge A. d. Hayward
which was built at Burgers yard at this
place last spring, was partially destroyed
by fire on Thursday last, in Chicago. The
fire was caused by the upsetting of a Ian
tern in the boiler room. The loss vii
foot up to $4,000. She will be brought
to Manitowoc to be repaired. The loss
is fully covered by insurance.
OK Monday night some parties effected
an entrance to the house of George Ban
mann of Centerville, through the kitchen
His room was reached and the key of the
bureau in which he keeps his money
taken from his pocket. The thief ther
opened the money drawer and took from
it the contents, amounting to S175. There
is no clue to the perpetrators.
The Oshkosh fishermen have concluded
to give no further attention TO the Law
relating to fishing with nets in inlanc
lakes, and barrels OF fish are being caught
and shipped to Chicago. The people ar,
demanding the presence of the game